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California.    Dept.   of^ 
natural  resources.   Di- 
vision of  mines. 

PHYSICAL 
SCIENCES 

UBRAiW 


Call  Number: 

TH2U 

C3 

A3 

no. 21-22 

C3 


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BULLETI 


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OK    THF. 


CAIvIFORNIA    STATE 


SHOWING     BY    COUNTIES    THK 


LEWIS  E.  AUBURY,  Si  .v' 

MINKRAL     product: 

Compiled   by    CHARLES     G.     V J 

(FROM  DIRECT  RETURNS  BY   I'RC 


COUNTIES. 

NIETALLIC. 

NON-IvIETALLIC. 

HYDROe 

AND    ( 

PRECIOUS  METALS. 

AB  FBR  BETUBS8  TO  H.  8.  MINT  AT 
HAH  FBAHCIBCO. 

COPPER. 

QUICKSILVER. 

miscellaneous. 

antimonyTmineral 

i'aint,  lead, 

masganese,  and 

CHROME. 

BORAX. 

COAL. 

1      MISCELLANEOUS. 

POLLER'S   EARTH,    A8BE8- 

MINERAL  WATERS.                   SALT.                "   ™'.?,';r?S;''';;S'.'.''i 

ASPHALTUM, 
BITUMINODS  ROCK, 
AND  NATURAL  GAS. 

GOLD. 

SILVER. 

■     CRYSTALS,  LITHIA  MICA, 
'l      SODA,   UAGNESITE,  AND 

[1    TORquoise. 

Value. 

Value. 

Lbs.               Value. 

Flasks. 

Value.       1 

QoAullty. 

Value. 

Tons. 

Value. 

Tons. 

Value. 

Gallons. 

Value. 

Tons. 

Value.       1 

Qnantity.      "Value. 

Quantity. 

_.Jte^ 

^oua  *  Manganese.       1 

N30             $1,300 

91,731 
27,477 

$332,066 
41,215 

64,718 

$158,674 

Tons.  Magneelte. 

30       SI  an 

$1,373,788 

485,589 

1,649,126 

$14,915 
13,082 
80,762 

220,000 

$34,100 

16,000 

$1,515 

980,934 

150,585 

Tons. 
400 

Mineral  Paint. 
3,800 

(  Quartz 

)     Tona. 
(    (c)717 

Crystals. 
18,000 
Pyrites. 
3,583 

i     

(6)  275 

$1,500 

53,500 
12,000 

12,350 
1,900 

20 

80 

51,248 

145,000 

3,483 
368,541 
22,346 
109,444 
213,655 
805,252 

25,129 

479 

283 

113,493 

147,736 

3,125 

500 

5,000 
6,000 

4,000 
2,000 

20  Tons 
971,000  I.bs. 

Antimony,  $700 
Lead,        3  8,840 

,  Refined 
115 

$13,901 

■    Tons. 

1,000 

Tons.  Fu 

500 

Soda. 
50,000 
lers  Earth. 
3,750 

nyo... 

4,000 

750 

Tons. 
701 

Asphaltum. 

$14,020 

3,165 

$127,345 

758,600 

45,400 

19,807 

5,508 

104,134 

676 

Tons. 
2,500 

Gypsum. 
10,000 

Tons. 
5,000 

Asphaltum. 
100,000 

1,7 

3,833 

500,000 

77,500 

157,663 

13,853 

24,876 

8,048 

Mono 

670,200 

75,921 

Lbs. 
50,000 

Lead. 

2,000 

20,000 
171,000 

4,000 
72,200 

Napa 

R  794 

4no  Hnn 

—    ■K  - 

Tons.  iMagnesite. 

J 

1,812,036 

2,407 

SRfi.l.'i.'i 

66,841 

160,980 

20,472 

Tons. 

2,925 

Pyrites.     1 
17,560 

500 

2,250 

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TIN    No.    21 


OK   THE 


m:ining   bureau,! 


^Y,  State  IVLineralogist. 

DUCTIONS     OF    CALIFORNIA 


FOR    THK    YFAR    1900. 


LES   G.  YALE,  statisticiam. 

CT  RETURNS  BY  PRODUCERS,) 


HYDROCARBONS 
AND    GASES. 

STRUCTURAL    MATERIALS. 

TOTAL   PRODUCT 
OK  COUNTIES. 

HALTUM,            \ 
XOUS  ROCK,     ,              PETEOLEUM. 

CLAYS 

AND  HYDRAULIC 

CEMENT. 

SANDSTONE 

AND 

GRANITE. 

LIMBSTOKE. 

MACADAM. 

RUBBLE 

AND 

PAVING  BLOCKS. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

SERPENTINE,  MARBLE, 
QUARTZ  AND  GLASS  SAND. 
SLATE.                      1 

1900. 

1899. 

ITUKAL  GAS. 

LIME. 

STONE. 

COUNTIES, 

^     M>B 

T-rBMs.                   Value.       j 

Quantity. 

Value. 

Cubic  Feet. 

Value. 

Bbls. 

Value. 

Tons. 

Value. 

Tons. 

Vain. 

(^autitr.,... 

. Valufc 

jQnaiUatv.  I Ilaliw—    J 

1                        1 

■WrfWft 

Value:         "tj 

M 

(/)  5,000 

Tons 

11,500 

Brick. 

$40,000 
Potterv. 

9;ioo 

120,845 

$107,531 

$639,771 

1,479,009 

500,786 

1,905,856 

13,930 

146,900 

3,483 

426,420 

609,847 

118,827 

420,586 

1,867,856 

5,000 

172,745 

20,483 

2,155,198 

268,467 

202,500 

171,516 

8,448 

752,121 

19,175 

Alameda 

$508,799 

1,593,720 

504,795 

1,303,188 

1,420 

135,113 

4,450 

425,346 

497,234 

235,274 

473,851 

1,027,366 

11, .550 

204,103 

28,898 

1,729,964 

115,620 

81,150 

565,636 

8,788 

749,556 

17,378     / 
701,416 
2,231,893 

Cn.  ft. 

4,103 

Marble. 
$5,891 

600 

$600 

Butte 

- 

Del  Norte 

7,500 

6,000 

Squares 

3,500 

Slate. 

26,250 

El  Dorado 

(e)547,960 

»547,960 

M 

4,250 

M 

795 

Brici. 

35,062 

Brick. 

7,100 

Fresno ,  ... 

Humboldt 

Aspbaltum. 
$14,020 

919,275 

827,348 

M 

2,525 

M 

760 

Brick. 

17,300 
Brick. 

5,000 

57,721 

51,700 

Kern 

Lake 

Lassen 

Los  Angeles - . 

Asphaltnm, 

100,000 

1,722,887 

1,722,887  1 

4,576  tons 
55,725  M 

M 
500 

M 

25,000 

Pot'ry?10,776 
Br'k  »275,U26 
Brick. 

3,000 
Brick. 
200,000 

i        7,-500 

124,015 

Sandstone. 

$3,750 
Granite. 

80,000 

7,550 

5,800 

Tons 

(h)  35,487 

Rubble. 

18,552 

Cu  It. 

350 

Serpentine. 

2,000 

Madera 

Tons 

3,000 

Rubble. 

2,500 

M 

25 

Brick. 

400 

1,100 

4,000 

M 

200 

Brick. 

i.finn 

(5)8,000 

$10,800 

Tons 

4,000 

Rubble. 

2,775 

Monterey 

Napa 

Nevada 

) 

493,100 
1,916,899 

.....J... 

^ 

1                   1 

r 

1 "■""' 

RAndBlAne — 

1 

L 

Monterey 

Napa 

Nevada 

Orange  

Placer  

Plumas - 

Riverside 

Sacramento 

San  Benito 

San  Bernardino- 
San  Diego 


San  Francisco  . 


1,812,036 
2,407 
986,155 
365,210 
149,292 
176,007 


247,949 
335,937 


66,841 


12,058 
4,159 
6,848 


172,759 
19,810 


150,980 


1,920,000 


20,472 


297,600 


3,990 


403,500 


180,000 


Tod. 
1 


Lbs. 
10,000 


Manganese. 


10 


400 


Refined, 
1,487 
Crude, 

24,235 


151.135 
848,215 


500 


6,000 


8,250 


20,000 
171,000 


15,000 


10,000 


6,500 


4,000 
72,200 


3,750 


3,250 


4,000 


600 


5,000 


4,000 


Tons. 
1.983 
Tons. 

2,925 


Tons. 
50 


Lbs. 

500 

Tons.  Li 


17,400 

Pyrites. 

17,650 


Asbestos. 

1,250 


Turquoise. 

20,000 


tbia  Mica. 
11.000 
Tour  maline. 

eoo 


M  cu.  ft. 

r<Jjll,750 


Natural  Gas.      i 

11,750 


San  Joaquin 

San  Luis  Obispo. 


San  Mateo  . 


23,886 


M  cu.  It. 
27,612 

Tons. 

3,346 


Natural  Gas. 

19,862 

Bit.  Rock. 

12,905 


Santa  Barbara- 
Santa  Clara. _. 


Santa  Cruz. 

Shasta 

Sierra 

Siskiyou  ... 


Solano. 


Sonoma 

Stanislaus — 

Tehama 

Trinity -. 

Tulare 

Tuolumne 

Ventura 

Yolo 

Yuba 

Unapportioned  (k)  . 


733,467 
659,696 
951,397 


635,640 

3,463 

13,986 


25,736,473 


21,212 


5,145 


241,073 


4,166,735 


Tons. 
140 


1,400 


2,209 


99,500 




I  Tons. 

^  129 


Mineral  Faint. 

193 


19,000 
30,000 


10,350 
8,060 


9,640 


700,000 

20,000 

575,000 


5,784 


46,000 

4,000 

35,000 


Tons. 

39 


Magneaite. 

263 


5,270  tons 
l,203Mc.ft. 


AsphaL  105,500 
Nat'l  Gas,  2,966 


Tons. 
21,960 


Bit.  Rock. 

58,590 


571,605 

10,445 

1,596,891 

2,562 


16,567 

433 

62,367 


2,294 


105,982 


Tons. 
1,466 


Asphaitum, 

31,670 


280,366 
972,185 


4,265 


Totals 9115,863,355 


a  $1,5 10,344 


29,515,512  $4,748,242    26,317  $1,182,786 


9,000  Lbs. 
50  Tons. 


Lead,  i 

Antimony,  5,000 


$54,003 


Total  value  PreoiouB  Metals,  $17,373,699.     Total  value  Metallic  Substances,  inc.  Precious  Metals,  $23,358,730. 


20,000 


2,000 


20,000 


34,0OO 


Tons. 
138 


Asphaltom. 

2,760 


25,837 


$1,013,251 


176,956      $535,531     2,456,115  $268,607     89,338      $204,754 $155,054 


$360,023  I 


Total  value  Non-Metallic  Substances,  $2,177,197. 


Total  value  Hydrocarbo 


Tone  are  of  2,000  pounds.    8pot  values. 

Counties  not  mentioned  made  no  mineral  production  during  1900. 

(a)  Coining  value 

(b)  FlaakB  of  76Ji;  pounds. 

(c|    Utilized  for  fiulphor  contents. 

id)   Value  of  that  commercially  used. 

(e)    Barrela  of  42  gallons. 

(/)   Includes  common,  pressed,  and  fire. 

(<})    I'or  smelting-fiux,  beet-sugar  manufacture,  and  paving. 

(A)  For  sea-wall  construction,  railroad  and  concrete  work,  etc. 


( i )  So-called  Basalt  Blocks. 

(j)  Used  in  the  manufacture  of  silicii  brick. 

(k)  Unapportioned  includeB  product  of  single  mines,  etc.,  in  counties,  so  as 
to  conceal  their  identity ;  and  also  includes  estimates  of  product  oE 
properties  known  to  be  working,  but  from  which  no  returns  were 
obtained. 


MlHCKLLAS 


^  ToTAi.fl,— Metai, 


MlSCELLAKKOUS    TuTAI.S. — No; 


Antimony - 70  tons 

Chrome 140  tons 

I^ad  1,040,000  pounds 

Manganese 131  tons 

Mineral  Paint ...529  tons 


*5,700 
1,400 

41,ti00 
1,310 

3,993 


$54,003 


Lithia  Mica 

Magnesite 

Pyrites 

Quarta  Crystals., 

Soda  

Tourmaline 

Turquoise 


•.::: 


200 

1,600 

(?)  8,000 

*10,800 

4,000 

2,775 

19,175 

493,100 

1,916,899 

259,174 

1,128,882 

369,379 

285,112 

259,439 

205,660 

1,965,143 

402,061 

58,400 

39,862 

85,626 

16,600 

528,438 

497,386 

191,091 

5,574,026 

663,159 

1,010,383 

24,700 

157,135 

21,405 

2,200 

698,689 

21,566 

1,659,258 

476,161 

1,760 

284,631 

1,406,803 

Monterey  -__ 

Napa 

17,378    J 

701,416 

2,231,898 

112,077 

1,117,812 

381,166 

272,848 

233,755 

290,495 

1,859,351 

381,215 

275,694 

111,880 

68,548 

58,225 

318,528 

391,940 

251,392 

4,661,981 

450,474 

991,871 

16,937 

142,330 

11,769 

19,800 

715,.5y5 

20,810 

1,650,880 

613,450 

384 

189,939 

485,802 

( 

>, 

254,397 

254,397 

240 
26,922 

Sandstone. 
120 
Granite. 

95,869 

Tons 
15,000 

Pottery. 
15,000 

Tons 

39,600 

Rubble. 

19,800 

Plumas 

1,967    M 

24.560  tons 

M 

8,900 

Bricli,  »28,842 
Pofry  ?18,080 
Bricli. 
53,400 

i    103,520 
2,137 

Granite. 

57,600 

Granite. 

3,139 

Tons 

(i)  200 

Quartz  Sand. 
200 

11,760 

■ 

47,190 
20,000 
15,000 

14,157 
13,000 
15,000 

7,300 
26,261 

8,800 
33,261 

100 
7,067 

100 
7,067 

Bbls. 

52,000 

M 

724 

Cement. 

121,000 
Brick. 

3,261 

6,000 
7,300 

Granite. 

5,600 

Granite. 
9,900 

\       56,453  tons 

(          (OlOOM 

Tons 

27,006 

Tons 

86,900 

Rubble,      42,657  } 
Pav'g  BI'ks,2,500  i 
Rubble. 

14,403 
Rubble. 

56,900 

San  Bernardino 

12,000 

1,500 

San  Francisco 

Katural  Gas. 

19,862 
12,905 

M 

2,000 

M 

500 

M 

225 

M 

4,620 

20,000  M 
2,000  tons 

Brick. 

20,000 
Bricli. 

4,000 
Brick. 

9,000 
Brick. 

40,960 
Br'k,  136,000 
Pofry.  6,000 

Tons 

27,009 

Rubble. 

44,835 

San  Luis  Obispo 

11,250 
162 

7,500 
162 

Aspbal.  105,500 
Kat'I  Gai,  2.966 

S  183,486 

165,138 

(          2,030 
}       224,820 

(    120,000 

Gran.     2.500 

Sand.  117,260 

Sandstone. 

100,000 

( 

7,205 
6,000 
1,669 
1,150 

3,602 
6,000 
1,213 
1,150 

Tons 

120098 

Rubble. 

mnnn 

Santa  Barbara  _. 

' 

Bit.  Rock. 

58,590 

163,985 
17,850 

131,288 
17,850 

1 

M 
2,000 

Brick. 

12,000 

Shasta . 

Sierra  

Siskiyou 

200 

200 

1,600 

1,600 

21,600 

17,90r( 

M 

50 

M 

1,042 

Paving  Blocks. 

1,000 
Paving  Blocks. 

20,275 

M 

280 

Brick. 

2,3G0 

Sonoma 

Stanislaus 

Tehama 

1 

i 

M 

325 

Brick. 

2,200 

f 

1 

1 

f        - 

^..  . 

5,750 
1,500 

Granite. 

4,535 
Granite. 

3,000 

J""" 

Trinity 

M 

650 

Brick. 

6,100 

Tulare .-- 

.AsphaUnm. 
31,670 

443,000 

398,700 

M 

230 

Brick. 

1,700 

28,629 
12,500 

908 

Gran.  28,629 

Sand.  6,250 

Sandstone. 

1,760 

i 

Tons 
9,137 

Rubble. 

6,650 

Ventura -  - 

Yolo 

Aspbaltum. 
2,760 

248,945 

236,498 

Tons 
2,000 

Pottery. 
2,000 

j          4,000 
I         12,500 

Gran.  6,000 
Sand.  26,000 

S  30,000 

30,000 

100,000 

80,000 

Tons 
20,000 

Rubble. 

10,000 

Tons 
2,000 

Glass  Sand. 
2,000 

Unapportioned 

Totals 

$360,023 

4,329,950 

»4,152,928 

$1,087,166 

Iii549,912 

312,517 

«283,699 

32,791 

$31,532 

360,597 

$262,570 

$322,847 

$36,341 

$82,622,945 

$29,313,460 



ue  Hydrocarbons  and  Gases,  $4,5 12,951 . 

Total  value  Structural  Materials,  $2,5' 

4,067. 

1900. 

1899. 

iocs  ToTiLs.— N'os-Mbtallic. 

Misc 

Asphaltum 

Bituminous  Roc 
Natural  Gas 

Total  NuMBiiK 

KLLANE0D8  TOTALS.— HYDROCAItDOtJa   AND    GaBBS. 

MlSCELLANl 

OUS  TOTALS.- 

-STRUCTURAL   MaT 

ERIALS. 

2,000  tons          $2,001 
cubic  feet            5.89 
-.-1.192  M           23,77 
..200  tons               20 
!8,690  tons        299,07 
cubic  feet           2.00< 

Totals.— Hyd 

0  Brick  (Common.  1 

1  fement  (Hydraul 
5                   Clav  for  Pottery. , 
D 

2 
0 

3                 Granite 

i                 Sandatone 

RAuLic  Cement  a 
ressed,  and  Fire 
ewer-pipe.  etc.  - 

ND  Claa-3  for   Brick,  Pottery.  Ktc. 
-137.191  Jl       »9«5.210 

1 -V.'.".V.V.".2;52 

0  tons            3.760 

2  tons           10,088 

3  tons           11.000 
2  tons           19.333 
2  tons           2L13.^ 

^ 25,306  tons           71,495                   ^f '^'■.*''®   ;,v " ", 

40,565,600  cubic  feet           34,578                   leaving  Bloct 

3 

te).V.V.V,V.'.". 

4,103 

52.0tC  barrel 

59,636  ton 

121.000 
60,956 

■;, - 2,25 

1360023                 Rubble  (includes  Concre 
'                      Serpentine 

Totals.--Sandstonb  and  Granite. 

311.803  cubic  tee 

- 378,463  cubic  fee 

»1,0»7,166 

360 

0  tons           50,000 
500 

$359.18 

>p  MiiN  Emfloykd  in  All  Branches 

28,672 

:.v.v.".".vp. xs> . 

ounda          20.000 



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$155,054 


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